Jurassic World - Chris Pratt learns to Whistle (Universal Pictures)

Jurassic World

Jurassic World is a 2015 American science fiction adventure film directed by Colin Trevorrow, written by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Derek Connolly & Trevorrow and starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. It is the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park series. Set twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Jurassic World takes place on the same fictional island of Isla Nublar, where a fully functioning dinosaur theme park has operated for ten years. The park plunges into chaos when a genetically modified dinosaur, Indominus rex, breaks loose and runs rampant across the island.

Universal Pictures intended to begin production on a fourth Jurassic Park film in 2004 for a summer 2005 release, but the film entered over a decade of development hellwhile the script went through revisions. Steven Spielberg, director of the first two Jurassic Park films, acted as executive producer, as he had for Jurassic Park III.Thomas Tull also acted as executive producer;^[5] his production company, Legendary Pictures, funded approximately 20 percent of the film's budget.^[6] Frank Marshalland Patrick Crowley produced the film.

Jurassic World was released starting from June 10, 2015 in over 60 countries.^[7] The film received positive reviews from film critics, who praised it for its visuals and musical score but drew some criticism for its tone and writing. The film has generated over $1.656 billion in box office revenue and set numerous records, including thebiggest opening weekend in North America and worldwide.^[4] The film, without inflation adjustment, became the third highest-grossing film of all time during its theatrical run, as well as the highest-grossing film of 2015, and the highest grossing film in the series. A sequel is scheduled to be released on June 22, 2018.^[8]

Directed by	Colin Trevorrow
Produced by	Frank Marshall Patrick Crowley
Screenplay by	Rick Jaffa Amanda Silver Derek Connolly Colin Trevorrow
Story by	Rick Jaffa Amanda Silver
Based on	Characters  by Michael Crichton
Starring	Chris Pratt Bryce Dallas Howard Vincent D'Onofrio Ty Simpkins Nick Robinson Omar Sy B. D. Wong Irrfan Khan
Music by	Michael Giacchino
Cinematography	John Schwartzman
Edited by	Kevin Stitt
Production companies	Amblin Entertainment Legendary Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	May 29, 2015(Le Grand Rex) June 12, 2015(United States)
Running time	124 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$150 million[2][3]
Box office	$1.659 billion[4]

Cast

• Chris Pratt as Owen Grady, a Velociraptor expert and trainer.^[9]
• Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing, the park's operations manager. Aunt of Zach and Gray.^[9]
• Vincent D'Onofrio as Vic Hoskins, the head of security operations who wants to use the raptors and the Indominus rex as weapons.^[10]
• Ty Simpkins as Gray Mitchell, one of Claire's nephews and the younger brother of Zach.^[9]
• Nick Robinson as Zach Mitchell, one of Claire's nephews and the older brother of Gray.^[9]
• Omar Sy as Barry,^[11] a tamer who helps take care of Owen's raptors.^[12]
• B. D. Wong as Dr. Henry Wu, the chief geneticist and head of the team that created the dinosaurs for the park. Wong is one of the few actors to reprise a role from any of the previous films and this is his first appearance in the franchise since Jurassic Park.
• Irrfan Khan as Simon Masrani, CEO of the Masrani Corporation and the owner of Jurassic World.^[9]
• Jake Johnson as Lowery Cruthers, an employee in the park's control room.^[9]
• Lauren Lapkus as Vivian Krill, an employee in the park's control room.^[13]
• Brian Tee as Katashi Hamada, the leader of the ACU (Asset Containment Unit), a group of security guards installed on Isla Nublar.^[9]
• Katie McGrath as Zara, Claire's personal assistant.^[14]
• Judy Greer as Karen Mitchell, Claire's sister and the mother of Zach and Gray.^[15]
• Andy Buckley as Scott Mitchell, Karen's husband and the father of Zach and Gray.
• Eric Edelstein as the supervisor of the Indominus rex control room.
• Colby Boothman as a young new handler working in the raptor research paddock.^[16]
• Jimmy Fallon^[17] as himself, portrayed as the safety instructor of the gyrosphere attraction.
• James DuMont as Hal Osterly, an investor.
• Jimmy Buffett as himself, portrayed as an escaping tourist during the pterosaur attack.^[18][19]
• Colin Trevorrow as the voice of Mr. DNA, an anthropomorphic DNA helix who explains the park's technology to visitors assumed to be laymen. The character was previously voiced by Greg Burson in Jurassic Park.
• Brad Bird makes a cameo appearance as the voice of the park's monorail announcer.^[20]
• Jack Horner, the film's technical advisor, has a cameo in the film.^[21]